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January 23, 2023

EDITORIAL: New ESHS buildings light the way for Irma recovery

It’s about time. Kudos to the Recovery and Development Agency, the government, contractors and everyone else who worked together to finally complete the new Elmore Stoutt High School buildings. As …

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by BVI Beacon
ESHS opening
January 20, 2023

New ESHS buildings open

A new school semester is starting in an exciting way for students at Elmore Stoutt High School as they become the first to attend class at newly opened buildings on …

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by Dana Kampa
November 3, 2022

New Elmore Stoutt High School buildings ‘90% complete’

Though the new buildings at Elmore Stoutt High School initially were scheduled to be completed before September, shipping challenges and other issues have set the target date months behind, according …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
October 14, 2022

Temporary classrooms to be demolished

As the Recovery and Development Agency works to complete four new buildings on the main campus at Elmore Stoutt High School, it signed a contract for demolition of the temporary …

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by The BVI Beacon
September 12, 2022

EDITORIAL: As school resumes, children are being left behind

As students head back to class for a new school year, all is not well in the Virgin Islands. Five years after Hurricane Irma, far too many of the territory’s …

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by BVI Beacon
September 9, 2022

VI has come a ‘long’ way with recovery, but some still struggling

“I would say we have a lot to be proud of,” Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley said during a recent press conference when asked about the upcoming fifth anniversary of …

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by Dana Kampa
August 11, 2022

UK loan guarantee off the table

Several recovery projects are far behind schedule as the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Irma approaches, but Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley said during a Aug. 8 press conference that the …

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by Dana Kampa
July 29, 2022

No decisions yet on closed Road Town school

After suddenly closing Althea Scatliffe Primary School last month because of concerns about its structural integrity, government officials are still figuring out the best options to temporarily house students, according …

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by Dana Kampa
July 19, 2022

ESHS Class of 2022 celebrates

Members of the Elmore Stoutt High School Class of 2022 are just getting started on their journey, according to the theme embraced by the graduates, loved ones, and educators who …

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by Dana Kampa
June 30, 2022

One charged in Elmore Stoutt High School wall probe

As a result of investigations into the Elmore Stoutt High School perimeter wall project, Kelvin Thomas, of Chalwell Estate, has been charged with obtaining property by deception, making a false …

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by Joey Waldinger
April 28, 2022

EDITORIAL: Gov’t should discourage anonymous donations

It is great news that a resident has agreed to donate $4 million to help with the construction of badly needed new buildings on the Elmore Stoutt High School campus. However, …

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by BVI Beacon
April 15, 2022

$11m in ESHS contracts awarded

Government awarded four firms a total of $11 million in contracts on Friday to begin the long-delayed revamp of Elmore Stoutt High School, which is expected to reunite the entire …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
January 27, 2022

New Elmore Stoutt High School designs unveiled

By August, three new buildings will be erected on the Elmore Stoutt High School campus in Road Town to accommodate senior students who currently attend classes at the former Clarence …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
December 9, 2021

First contracts signed for ESHS revamp

Senior Elmore Stoutt High School students will finally be back at their Road Town campus by the start of the next school year, officials promised last Thursday during a contract-signing …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
November 4, 2021

After teacher “sickout”, education minister seeks $2 million to fix school system

A high school campus shuttered so cleaners could rid it of mould.  A primary school classroom temporarily unusable after ceiling tiles collapsed. Stipends and back pay for teachers that have …

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by Joey Waldinger
October 15, 2021

Community police officers back in the field

After the community police programme was relaunched in July, officers started to embed themselves in neighbourhoods across the Virgin Islands by attending church events, assisting with fundraisers, and spending time …

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by Joey Waldinger
August 13, 2021

All schools allowed to bring back students

The new academic year is fast approaching, and government announced this week that all private and public schools will be permitted to have students return for in-person instruction. The recent …

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by Dana Kampa
July 8, 2021

COI probes ESHS wall project

The Commission of Inquiry called former Education and Culture Minister Myron Walwyn for a hearing on July 1 concerning an unfinished project to build a perimeter wall around Elmore Stoutt …

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by Dana Kampa
August 13, 2020

ESHS hosts ‘drive-in’ graduation

Embracing the theme of “Three years, three obstacles, one mission,” the Elmore Stoutt High School held its first-ever drive-in graduation ceremony last Thursday, which was broadcast live through the government’s …

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by Dana Kampa
March 19, 2020

Debaters tackle financial blacklist in finals

Cedar International School came out on top against Elmore Stoutt High School during the finals of the Inter-Secondary School Debates held last Thursday in the auditorium at Althea Scatliffe Primary …

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by Dana Kampa
February 27, 2020

12th grade requirement eliminated

Secondary students who make good grades will no longer have to complete 12th grade as previously required, Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture Minister Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley announced …

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by Dana Kampa
September 24, 2019

EDITORIAL: End of shift system is welcome, but work needed in schools

Finally. Two years after Hurricane Irma, public high schoolers are no longer attending class on a part-time basis under a shift system. This welcome news comes with the long-delayed reopening …

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by The BVI Beacon
September 14, 2019

ESHS building opens as school year begins

Exactly two years after Hurricane Irma gutted the L-shaped building at Elmore Stoutt High School, a team of contractors handed the renovated facility back to the Ministry of Education, Culture, …

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by Joey Waldinger
June 13, 2019

Premier gives 100-days speech

Premier Andrew Fahie touted his administration’s accomplishments in a statement last Thursday marking his administration’s first 100 days in office, pointing to the construction agreements for the Elmore Stoutt High …

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by GENEVIEVE GLATSKY
April 26, 2019

Four contractors to refit Elmore Stoutt High School

Four construction companies will each refurbish one floor of the L-shaped building at Elmore Stoutt High School — which has gone unused for nearly two years after being gutted by …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK

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